Producer prices in Latvia increased 3.8 percent year-on-year in April of 2019, easing from a 4.1 percent rise in the previous month. It was the lowest producer inflation since May of 2018, as cost slowed for electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supply (8 percent from 9.7 percent in March); mining and quarrying (3.4 percent from 4.3 percent) and water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (11.5 percent from 12.2 percent). On the other hand, prices advanced faster for manufacturing (2.6 percent from 2.4 percent). On a monthly basis, producer prices went up 0.4 percent, after a 0.1 percent fall in March.

The unemployment rate in Latvia stood at 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the same as in the previous period and staying at the lowest figure since the second quarter of 2008 period. The number of unemployed decreased by 0.2 thousand from the previous quarter to 66.9 thousand while the number of employed fell by 6.2 thousand to 903.6 thousand. In the first quarter of 2019, Latvia still had the highest jobless rate among the Baltic States (4.7 percent in Estonia and 6.5 percent in Lithuania). A year ago, the unemployment rate was higher at 8.2 percent.